Artists

Comprised of Addis Ababa’s finest acoustic musicians, the “Addis Acoustic Project” brings forth Ethiopia’s popular tunes from the 1950s and 1960s in a new light. Ethiopia’s pop music of this era predominantly featured acoustic instruments such as the mandolin, accordion, clarinet, and double bass, played alongside traditional instruments such as read more

African Ngoma was born in 1996 as Amani Ngoma Troupe, but because the name was similar to that of another successful Zanzibar group Imani Ngoma, it was decided to change their name to African Ngoma in 2004.

The main aims of establishing this group were to help protect and preserve the read more

Africulture is the group of energetic and fresh young artists from Coast Region, Bagamoyo. Africulture formed with old students of Bagamoyo College of Arts (Tasuba). In 2005 they officially started the group after some of them completed their studies from Bagamoyo College of Arts. Their music draws inspiration from traditional read more

This is a musical artistic challenge by two world-renowned musicians: desert bluesman Alhousseini Anivolla from Niger and jazz guitarist Girum Mezmer from Addis Ababa. After years of international touring, these musicians created this project together to show the potential of music in a changing world! Afropentatonism is a musical journey read more

Ahamada Smis, a singer-songwriter from the Comoros Islands has been living in Marseilles since first arriving in France at the age of 10. This rapper and spoken word artist has been mixing traditional music from the Comoros with urban poetry, in the spirit of afro-ngoma. Ahamada Smis’ story read more

Ahmed el Salam was born in Oued Souf, in the Algerian Sahara, where he learnt to play the flute. Later he moved to Algiers where he discovered the guitar. He now lives in France and his music embraces the sounds of his life, combining a sublime combination of strings (guitar, read more